Definitely NOT Disney

For the next couple of days, every one of the Colour of Light books is on sale - that's all 4 books for around $6/£5. A proper Billy-bargain! Check it out here. Or, they are all available for free on Kindle Unlimited.

Not gonna spoil it for you, but I will say that after all the years of struggle and strife, we finally get a truly satisfying Happy Ending - Fairytale, you might say. Although Disney would turn in his grave at some of the torments the characters have to endure along the way. Because the first book, Context, has very tenuous - and I do mean tenuous - links to Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella, The Happy Prince and The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, I wondered if I could find other Fairy Tales/Movie links for the other books. When I watched Beastly last night, I realised quite how much Captive has in common with Beauty and the Beast.  One reason it was my favourite fairytale, was because Belle was whip-smart and anything but a girly-girl.

Which leads me nicely to a recent conversation with one of my perceptive beta readers. The character of Rory resonated with her completely for that very fact. When I asked her to describe Rory (because I'm currently trying to put together the book trailer for the series), she described her as a "grown-up tomboy, in touch with her masculine side." Couldn't be more perfect, because that's exactly who I had in mind.
As for Archer, I have to thank a very good writer friend of mine for this; she called him a "cinnamon bun of a hero." The tasty fire and the sweet, shy, sensitivity - it all fits.
Now I just need something for the bad guy who shakes up the lives of so many people during his reign - so far I've cobbled together a monster with devilish intent from some of the comments, but I'll keep on searching. If you have an idea (for any of them), please add it below. Ta xxx